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This day in history: 7 November

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457 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 7 November.
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2023: António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: All Dominican Saints and Blesseds

Christian feast day: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Engelbert II of Berg

Christian feast day: Herculanus of Perugia

Christian feast day: John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Prosdocimus

Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Christian feast day: Willibrord

Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)

Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)

Events

2023António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of an investigation in a corruption scandal implicating members of his cabinet.

2020Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.

2017Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

2012An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

2007The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.

2004Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

2000The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.

2000The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

1996ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.

1996NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

1994WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.

1991Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

1990Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

1989David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

1989Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

1989East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

1987In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

1987The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.

1983Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war

1983United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

1982Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.

1975In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahm

1973The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

1972United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.

1967Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.

1967US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1957Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

1956Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

1956Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

1949The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.

1944Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

1944Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.

1941World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

1940In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

1936Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.

1933Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

1931The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

1929In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

1920Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

1919The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

Born on this day

2001Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress

2000Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer

1999Mink Nutcharut, Thai snooker player

1998Hongjoong, South Korean rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter

1998Trevor Rainbolt, American social media personality

1997Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player

1997Nana Okada, Japanese singer

1996Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

1995Cody Ware, American racer car driver

1994Algee Smith, American actor and singer

1994Gervonta Davis, American boxer

1994Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress

1992Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

1991Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver

1990Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer

1990David de Gea, Spanish footballer

1990Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter

1990Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist

1989Sonny Gray, American baseball player

1988Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

1988Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball player

1988Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

1988Thomas Schneider, German sprinter

1988Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer

1987Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player

1987Mitch Brown, Australian rugby league player

1986Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1986David Nelson, American football player

1986Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host

1985Darnell Jackson, American basketball player

1985Lucas Neff, American actor

1985Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer

1984Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003

1984Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer

1984Jonathan Bornstein, American-Israeli soccer player

1984Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

1983Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer

1983Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player

1983Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Died on this day

2024Bruce Degen, American writer (born 1945)

2023Frank Borman, American astronaut (born 1928)

2021Dean Stockwell, American actor (born 1936)

2020Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)

2019Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)

2017Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)

2017James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)

2017Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)

2016Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001) (born 1938)

2016Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (born 1921)

2016Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1934)

2015Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (born 1970)

2015Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (born 1921)

2014Allen Ripley, American baseball player (born 1952)

2014Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (born 1931)

2014Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (born 1928)

2013Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (born 1956)

2013Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (born 1925)

2013Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (born 1965)

2013John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (born 1927)

2013Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (born 1928)

2013Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (born 1914)

2012Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (born 1932)

2012Carmen Basilio, American boxer (born 1927)

2012Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (born 1924)

2012Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (born 1940)

2012Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (born 1950)

2012Sandy Pearson, Australian general (born 1918)

2011Joe Frazier, American boxer (born 1944)

2011Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1952)

Quote of the day

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

Marcus Aurelius

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